ETF comparison
DFIVvsVEU
Both International Total.
Dimensional International Value ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
474 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIV and VEU would leave roughly23.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEU is 23 bps cheaper than DFIV. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/yr more in fees for DFIV.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with DFIV vs VEU.
Top shared holdings
474 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIV | In VEU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.68% | 0.80% | 0.68% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 0.82% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 3 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 1.86% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 4 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.47% | 0.50% | 0.47% |
| 5 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 1.83% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 6 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 2.23% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 7 | UBS Group AG | 0.44% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 8 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 0.90% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 9 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 0.67% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 10 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.54% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 11 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.53% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 12 | THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 0.28% | 0.46% | 0.28% |
Only in DFIV
93 total- SHELL PLC3.29%
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1.65%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC1.21%
- BP P.L.C.1.19%
- Novartis AG0.68%
- Banco Santander, S.A.0.40%
- UBS Group AG0.27%
- BARCLAYS PLC0.25%
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft0.19%
- ArcelorMittal SA0.18%
Only in VEU
3,376 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd4.28%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd1.81%
- ASML Holding NV1.43%
- SK hynix Inc1.23%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd0.96%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd0.75%
- Roche Holding AG0.73%
- AstraZeneca PLC0.72%
- Novartis AG0.72%
- Nestle SA0.66%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
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